What is Anycast routing and how does it relate to Cloudflare IP DNS?

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What is Anycast routing and how does it relate to Cloudflare IP DNS?
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Anycast routing directs traffic to the nearest available server in a network, based on the destination IP address. Cloudflare utilizes Anycast for its IP DNS, ensuring that users are always directed to the fastest and most reliable DNS server geographically closest to them. This optimizes performance and reduces latency.